I always like to try something new and believe that to have old favourites is to deny yourself the pleasures of something new. So here are some of the meals and dishes that I remember with affection from last year. Read more

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged 2008, American Cuisine, Bangkok, Beef, Biryani, Bombay, Brown Onions, Calcutta, Chaat, Channa Tikki, Chef, Chicken, Chilli, Chinese Restaurant, Crab, Dhaba, Dinner, Dubai, Duck, Dum Pukht, Ethereal Food, Favourite Dish, Favourite Restaurant, Fish, Fish Carpaccio, Food Writer, Food Year Ender, Fruit, Golgappas, Hyatts, Indian Hotel Industry, Ingredients, Las Vegas, Meals, Meat, Media, Memorable Meals, Mushrooms, Pasta, Patissier, Pizza, Porcini Mushrooms, Pork, Sakura, sauce, Scallop Sashimi, Singapore, Switzerland, Thai Cuisine, Thai Restaurants, Trishna, Water
Most hosts agonise over what to serve as cocktail snacks. The trick is to try and do at least one or two dishes that show a little flair and suggest a degree of effort… Read more

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, November 24, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Alcohol, Amul Cheese, Brandy, Bread, Carrot, Cheddar, Cocktail, Cocktail Snacks, Cuisines, Delhi’s Party, Dinner, Dinner Party, Dishes, Drink, Fist, Fork, Fried Wontons, Gouda, IMFL, Indian Wine, Jalapenos, Kababs, Kettle Chips, Kissan Pineapple, Liqueurs, Masala Peanuts, Mushrooms, Napkin, Nuts, Olives, Party Poppers, Peppers, Potato Chips, Samosas, Scotch, Snacks, Toothpicks, Wasabi, Wine
Most of us never get to see a truffle. When we do experience the taste or the aroma, it is in the form of truffle oil, truffle paste or truffle butter. If we do see truffles, they tend to be of the preserved variety (canned or, more usually, bottled) and their flavour is so minimal that we wonder what the fuss is about.
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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 10:45 am
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Aromas, Eastern Europe, Elm, Flavour, Golf Ball, Hotels, Mushrooms, Oak, Piedmont, Pigs, Poplar, Restaurants, Ritu Dalmia, Slices, Species, Summer Truffle, Taj Palace, Truffle Business, Truffle Butter, Truffle Oil, Truffles in India
Even if you say that you do not like mushrooms – a common enough position with many Indians – and never order them at restaurants or cook them at home, there’s probably one mushroom you eat far more often than you realise. Read more

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged American, Champignons de Paris, Chefs, Chinese, Chinese Kitchen, Chinese Recipes, Chinese restaurants, Defence Colony, Eastern Cuisine, European, French, MSG, Mushrooms, Pork, Restaurants, Salads, sauce, Soup, Thai, Thai Dishes, UK, Umami, Umami Flavour, Western Recipe, Wine
Four internationally renowned chefs – Nobu, Giorgio Locatelli, Santi Santamaria and Michel Rostang – opened restaurants at Dubai’s newest luxury resort. Will the food approach the levels it reaches at their principal restaurants? Read more

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Asian Chef, Atlantis, Beef, Beef at Atlantis, Brown Onion, Chefs, Dubai, Emirates Flight, Executive Chef, Expensive Hotels, Fish, French, Giorgio Locatelli, Hotels, HT, HT Summit, Ingredients, Italian Chef, Japanese Restaurants, Kitchen, Las Vegas, Luxury Hotel, Michel Rostang, Mushrooms, Nobu, Pizza, Porcini, Porcini Mushrooms, Potatoes, Priyanka Chopra, Renowned Chefs, Restaurants, Santi Santamaria, Sea Food, Shangri-La, South Africa, Taj Palace, The Royal Suites, Truffle, Truffles of Alba, UK, US, Wagyu, Wasabi